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Swiped

 A young black man strikes up a conversation with a young white woman while dining in the food court of a suburban shopping mall.

What she initially believes to be just a random pick-up attempt becomes much more complicated.

It turns out they’re not complete strangers after all.

​Development History:

(Full-length) Florida Repertory Theatre 2025 PlayLab Festival of New Works (Staged Reading) | May 2025

(One-Act) Official Selection Ivoryton Women Playwrights Festival | Ivoryton Playhouse (Staged Reading) | October 2023

(One-Act) Official Selection Morgan-Wixson Theatre's New Works Festival | Morgan-Wixson Theater (Staged Reading) | September 2023

Awards:

*Featured in The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2024, published by Smith & Kraus

(Full-length) Longlist 2025 International Playwriting Award | Theatre 503

(Full-length) Semi-Finalist 5th Annual New Works Festival | Hippodrome Theatre

(One-Act) Winner The Ellie Award Ivoryton Playhouse, 2023

(One-Act) Finalist LaBute New Theater Festival | St. Louis Actors Studio 2023

(One-Act) Semi-Finalist Gary Garrison Playwriting Award for 10-Minute Plays | Tusculum Review 2023

Photo Credits: Production by Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Photos by Melanie Anthony, Dramaturg

Director: Michael Heimos, Featuring Eliza Day and Benjamin White

Production by Ivoryton Playhouse

Director: Taneisha Duggan, Featuring Bailey McCann and Christopher A. Rowe

Production by Florida Repertory Theatre, Photos by Joe Dafeldecker

Director: Stuart Brown, Featuring Ashley Brooke Raymond, Anderson Eraus and Greg Longenhagen

Kevin and Jules

Kevin and Jules are stuck in a closet together. A lot can happen in seven minutes.

 

Production History:

Semo Dobbins Conservatory Lanford Wilson Short Plays | October 2024

Director: Brittney Roberson, Featuring Mikayla Smith and Xavier Dull

Photo Credits: McKenzie Nelson

 

Development History:

Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival | Official Selection (Staged Reading) | June 2024

The Chameleon Theater Circle (Staged Reading) | October 2024

Left Edge Theater| Hindsight 2024| (Staged Reading) | July 2024

 

Awards:

*Soon to be featured in The Best Men's Monologues of 2025

The Best Women's Monologues of 2025, published by Smith & Kraus

Winner - The Chameleon Theatre Circle's 25th New Play Contest

 

Such Great Heights

Production History:

New City Players - Short Plays: Lauder Made | September 2024

Photo Credits: Production by New City Players, Photos by Alex Joyel

Director: Timothy Mark Davis, Featuring Krystal Millie Valdes and Brandon Campbell

The Grandparents Are Alright

Prom night. Two silver singles. One overprotective grandkid. Seniors rule.

 

*Featured in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2024 published by Smith & Kraus

The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2024 published by Smith & Kraus

Stageit! 7 Thirty Ten-Minute Plays

Production History:

Lakeshore Players Theatre | June 2023

Development History:

Napa Valley Players (Staged Reading)  | July 2023

Photo Credits: Production by Lakeshore Players Theatre, Photos by Fred Sobottka

Director: Jack Neveaux, Featuring Megan Rowe, Donald C. Hart and Tom Fabel

Missed Disconnections

In the age of swiping left or right, three millennials defy the odds by looking for love the good old-fashioned way . . . on Craigslist

 

*Featured in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023 published by Smith & Kraus

 

Production History:

Murmuration Theatre Company | January 2024

Play De Luna | November 2023

Lakeshore Players Theatre | June 2022

Photo Credits: Production by Lakeshore Players Theatre, Photo by Bob Mitchell

Director: Daniel Stock, Featuring Alicia Ehleringer, Jesse Villarreal, and Laura Trudell

Production Murmuration Theatre Company

Director: Shenuque Tissera, Featuring Jasmin Malave, Andrea Grossi-Benitez, and Dylan Murphy

Tiny Man on Ferry

Boy meets girl on boat. Will their meet cute go viral, or will it all go overboard?

Production History:

Edmonds Driftwood Players | July 2023

Good Vibes Summer Audio Fiction Podcast: Broken Arts Entertainment | July 2024

Photo Credits: Production by Edmonds Driftwood Players, Photos by Dale Sutton

Director: Jonathan C. Olson, Featuring Jenny Boyle Penney and Landon Whitbread

Blind Date

Love is blind...or is it? Marcia is looking for love; Ted taps in.

Will it be a match made in heaven, or a case of the blind leading the blind?

Production History:

139 productions as of 2025!

*This play is published by Playscripts and can be purchased and/or licensed here

Photo Credits: Productions by Leikfelag Kopavogs, Kopavogur Iceland,  MBU Theatre/Tyler Gruen,

Play de Luna, Orlando, FL and Sunset Players

 

Carhenge

Monologue

On a road trip, Gwen introduces her kids to the 107th Wonder of the World.

Production History:

B3 Theater | January 2024

Forward Theater Company | May 2023

*Published in Frozen Women, Flowing Thoughts: A Symphony of Monologues

curated by Venus Theatre Company 

Photo Credits: Production by Forward Theater Company, Photo by Maureen Janson Heintz

Director: Molly Maslin, Featuring Sarah Streich

Bar Mitzvah Boy

Thirteen-year-old Samuel Rosenbaum is finally a man. It's the day of his Bar Mitzvah and he's survived

reading the Torah, ballroom dancing, and crazy relatives...but will he be able to get the girl?

Production History:

JIB Productions | February 2021 & April 2013

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute | May 2013

City Theatre Miami, Short Cuts Tour | May 2007

and over 50 more productions as of 2024!

*This play is published by Playscripts and can be purchased and/or licensed here

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